gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Feb 22, 2010 12:42pm
I miss the parachute.
Curly J
Posts: 7,282
Feb 22, 2010 12:44pm
Flashback to the 70's. I remember doing this in Gym Class.
Strapping Young Lad
Posts: 2,453
Feb 22, 2010 1:01pm
Yes!!!! I loved the parachute. I remember how crazy it felt to run underneath it. I haven't thought about that in 20+ years.
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devil1197
Posts: 6,220
Feb 22, 2010 1:03pm
We did this in my gym class in the 90's.Strapping Young Lad wrote: Yes!!!! I loved the parachute. I remember how crazy it felt to run underneath it. I haven't thought about that in 20+ years.
Throw some plastics balls on top and pop them to the ceilings.
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Feb 22, 2010 1:05pm
And they were always rainbow colored. I guess one company makes (made?) them and decided it's rainbow or nothing.
Strapping Young Lad
Posts: 2,453
Feb 22, 2010 1:06pm
I'll bet they don't even climb rope in gym class anymore. LAME!!!
Our 'chute was red/white.......
Our 'chute was red/white.......
RedRider1
Posts: 3,850
Feb 22, 2010 1:19pm
I seem to remember being a little afraid of the parachute....think I had some kind of anxiety that it would carry me up and out of the gym.
Weird right....?
Weird right....?
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
Feb 22, 2010 1:21pm
Lame. I was always a floor hockey fan in PE.
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Feb 22, 2010 1:21pm
Strapping Young Lad wrote:Our 'chute was red/white.......
Maybe I just had really gay elementary schools.
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raiderbuck
Posts: 1,623
Feb 22, 2010 1:29pm
^^don't worry...we had teh ghey 'chutes as well...
We had the rope too. No way that'd fly in gym glass now. All it takes is for one kid to fall from that rope and then the lawsuits start pouring in.
We had the rope too. No way that'd fly in gym glass now. All it takes is for one kid to fall from that rope and then the lawsuits start pouring in.
Strapping Young Lad
Posts: 2,453
Feb 22, 2010 1:52pm
Yeah the rope was high as shit, obviously, all the way to the rafters. But we climbed right to the top and no one ever said a word.
It's crazy how all of a sudden that became too dangerous.
It's crazy how all of a sudden that became too dangerous.
LJ
Posts: 16,351
Feb 22, 2010 1:55pm
Parachute
Floor hockey
Dodge ball
Rope climbing
I am sure there are a ton of things I am missing.
I miss elementary school
Floor hockey
Dodge ball
Rope climbing
I am sure there are a ton of things I am missing.
I miss elementary school
Devils Advocate
Posts: 4,539
Feb 22, 2010 2:03pm
I believe that you no longer have to take PE in Ohio if you are in an organized sport, Marching band or ROTC 
LJ
Posts: 16,351
Feb 22, 2010 2:07pm
That's dumb.Devils Advocate wrote: I believe that you no longer have to take PE in Ohio if you are in an organized sport, Marching band or ROTC
I remember in high school our D-Coord was the male PE teacher and he always made the football players do the activities we didn't want to do when we had the choice. I think I had to do gymnastics and aerobics. Nothing like watching your 310 lb NT trying to do a gymnastics routine and he just does somersaults diagonally across the mats for 5 minutes
namod65
Posts: 508
Feb 22, 2010 2:10pm
They implemented this a few years after I graduated. Although at my school I think you only had to take one semester of PE rather than two if you did an organized sport.Devils Advocate wrote: I believe that you no longer have to take PE in Ohio if you are in an organized sport, Marching band or ROTC
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raiderbuck
Posts: 1,623
Feb 22, 2010 2:15pm
That's gotta be relatively recent if that's the case. I can understand not having to take it if you're in ROTC, but I certainly had to take it when I was in band. The difference was that I could take it over the summer in my first two years of high school. IIRC, you only needed two semester's worth.Devils Advocate wrote: I believe that you no longer have to take PE in Ohio if you are in an organized sport, Marching band or ROTC
Scarlet_Buckeye
Posts: 5,264
Feb 22, 2010 2:40pm
Oh man. The parachute was the tits!
RedRider1
Posts: 3,850
Feb 22, 2010 3:05pm
Playground slides used to be 15-20' off the ground and slick as hell. You could really gather some steam.
Oh, and Indian Pins = GOAT gym class game.
I think we square danced for a time too...that was not so much fun.
Oh, and Indian Pins = GOAT gym class game.
I think we square danced for a time too...that was not so much fun.
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Zoltan
Posts: 1,003
Feb 22, 2010 3:08pm
When you are likely lifting weights/running before school and having organzied practice/conditioning after school I think PE is pretty useless. All the athletes when I was in high school did nothing in PE unless dodgeball was on the agenda.Devils Advocate wrote: I believe that you no longer have to take PE in Ohio if you are in an organized sport, Marching band or ROTC
Sage
Posts: 2,070
Feb 22, 2010 3:10pm
The parachute....wow. I had forgotten about thee.
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Free_is_better
Posts: 252
Feb 22, 2010 4:06pm
The chute was awesome until one time when I went running under it and ran right into someone else.
Another good one was the peg boards on the walls where you had to climb up them with a peg in each hand. Anyone else try them or know what I'm talking about?
Another good one was the peg boards on the walls where you had to climb up them with a peg in each hand. Anyone else try them or know what I'm talking about?
darbypitcher22
Posts: 8,000
Feb 22, 2010 5:56pm
used to do this in kindergarten, played popcorn with the foam balls in the middle and then running underneath it
1_beast
Posts: 5,642
Feb 22, 2010 6:07pm
the trampoline was a treat as well
* our chute was all white(well..off white) , hope that aint too racist
* our chute was all white(well..off white) , hope that aint too racist
LeagueMVP
Posts: 62
Feb 22, 2010 6:39pm
To my knowledge band, cheerleading, extracurricular activities, and ROTC students may receive PE credit instead of taking PE. The state has considered the time a student puts in is whats relevant, not what they learn. I am a PE teacher, at the high school and a football coach, and I teach my students the value of health and fitness beyond what they learn in band, on the field, or cheering on the sideline. However, to my understanding it must be taken two seasons in a row.
LeagueMVP
Posts: 62
Feb 22, 2010 6:39pm
the parachute is cool, i taught the lesson during my student teaching back in the day.